WEBVTT 00:00.200 --> 00:01.590 (camera shutters) 00:01.590 --> 00:05.240 - I feel so lucky to have found 00:05.240 --> 00:06.530 the thing that makes me happy. 00:06.530 --> 00:09.560 I think there are people who search their entire lives 00:09.560 --> 00:10.570 and never find the thing 00:10.570 --> 00:12.380 that they feel like they're supposed to be doing. 00:12.380 --> 00:13.213 You know? 00:13.213 --> 00:15.360 I felt like that until I found photography. 00:15.360 --> 00:16.957 I just, "Well, what am I supposed to do? 00:16.957 --> 00:18.400 "I'm not where I'm supposed to be." 00:18.400 --> 00:19.520 And then, I found it 00:19.520 --> 00:21.508 and now I never wanna let it go. 00:21.508 --> 00:24.091 (upbeat music) 00:29.580 --> 00:31.100 It's definitely interesting to come back 00:31.100 --> 00:32.780 to Charleston as an adult. 00:32.780 --> 00:34.430 I lived here as a child 00:34.430 --> 00:36.500 and some time in high school. 00:36.500 --> 00:39.270 And, you know, I was under my parents' roof then, 00:39.270 --> 00:42.250 so I had to follow rules of my parents, 00:42.250 --> 00:44.390 but now I get to be here with my own family, 00:44.390 --> 00:46.540 and my own children, and making my own rules. 00:46.540 --> 00:48.170 So, it's interesting 00:48.170 --> 00:50.470 and I'm definitely more independent this time. 00:51.377 --> 00:53.610 (camera shutters) (soft music) 00:53.610 --> 00:54.960 I've actually... 00:54.960 --> 00:57.110 I don't think I've ever really had a hobby. 00:58.380 --> 00:59.440 I don't think I ever really knew 00:59.440 --> 01:01.770 what I wanted to do with my life. 01:01.770 --> 01:04.800 I mean, I joined the Air Force and it always felt right. 01:04.800 --> 01:06.640 I felt like I had a family and I belonged, 01:06.640 --> 01:11.640 but I never had that thing that I just love doing. 01:13.370 --> 01:17.580 So, we found out, a while ago, that out career field 01:17.580 --> 01:19.220 was gonna be merging with photography. 01:19.220 --> 01:20.330 So, I'm a broadcaster. 01:20.330 --> 01:22.120 I traditionally do video, 01:22.120 --> 01:24.147 but I found out, "Hey, you're gonna learn 01:24.147 --> 01:25.890 "how to do photography as well." 01:25.890 --> 01:28.420 It sounds like those two things are super similar 01:28.420 --> 01:30.420 but there are a lot of different intricacies 01:30.420 --> 01:32.187 that you have to learn in both of them. 01:32.187 --> 01:34.210 (upbeat music) 01:34.210 --> 01:36.180 Exactly a year ago, Tuesday, 01:36.180 --> 01:40.850 I took a camera and just started shooting photos. 01:40.850 --> 01:42.940 I had never shot photos before. 01:42.940 --> 01:44.777 It was really wild. 01:44.777 --> 01:47.360 (upbeat music) 02:05.270 --> 02:08.378 It makes me better with my own kids to, you know, 02:08.378 --> 02:10.560 help moms wrangle theirs at a photo shoot. 02:10.560 --> 02:12.640 You know, I see that other people 02:12.640 --> 02:13.930 go through the same stuff I do. 02:13.930 --> 02:17.420 I see that moms and dads stress when they have kids 02:17.420 --> 02:19.520 and they're trying to get them to smile for the camera, 02:19.520 --> 02:22.090 or couples, you know, it's not perfect. 02:22.090 --> 02:23.590 I see that life isn't perfect 02:23.590 --> 02:26.200 and it really puts it all into perspective 02:26.200 --> 02:28.193 and makes me feel better about what I'm doing. 02:28.193 --> 02:29.711 - Aww, I love those. 02:29.711 --> 02:30.560 (upbeat music) 02:30.560 --> 02:32.790 - Videography is what I do for work. 02:32.790 --> 02:36.000 It is definitely in the work category for me. 02:36.000 --> 02:39.670 Photography is what I do to release 02:39.670 --> 02:41.180 everything that's bad in my life. 02:41.180 --> 02:43.670 The moment I pick up my camera 02:43.670 --> 02:45.580 and I go out and shoot with a family, 02:45.580 --> 02:48.203 every stressor that I have in life melts away. 02:49.620 --> 02:50.703 - [Child] Me! 02:51.815 --> 02:53.214 That's you? 02:53.214 --> 02:54.058 - [Child] Next. 02:54.058 --> 02:55.725 - [Child] That's me!